If you want to see a great fight, don't waste your money on HBO—go to the bars! The DeKalb bars have three attractants, in addition to the obvious alchohol and music incentives: the drunks, the bad dancers, and the fights. (Luckily, most of us fall...

After more than 30 years of reflective observation, I am confused about what philosophical base might be guiding decisions regarding Intercollegiate Athletics at NIU. The IIAC seemed to be a balanced conference and included Eastern Illinois and Michigan....

Many students are concerned with their weight. The health benefits of a normal weight for your sex and height are well-known to most people. Also, there are obvious social benefits to being at your best weight and looking fit. Many people use the popular...

We would like to call to your attention the discriminatory actions of some members of the NIU community towards the pro-life movement on campus. We are particularly troubled by the action of the Holmes Student Center Director Judd Baker toward Students...

It is good to see Student Association senators thinking about how to improve their election process, but the new party system proposal might not be the best way to go. Although former SA Sen. Michael Murvihill claims he gave the SA Internal Affairs Committee...

What's wrong with making a little money? The DeKalb City Council does not see anything wrong with it. That's why fines for underaged drinking were increased at last week's city council meeting. The increases will not take effect until March 12, but after...

When writing a letter in response to one which appeared on the editorial page, would it be too much to ask for the writer to at least know what he is talking about? Apparently so in the case of Torrick Ward's letter of Feb. 7. Ward claims to "have seen...

Friday morning and afternoon had me play witness to two of the most devastating items in our world. My next-door neighbors' house burned down, and every idiot that the good Lord put on this earth must have shown up to watch. I had been evacuated from...

Like many members of the university community, I recently received a copy of NIU's pamhlet on "Affirmative Action," which proclaims the university's commitment to equal employment opportunity. It includes a statement by President La Tourette that: "We...

The method some Student Association senators used to try to remove President Huda Scheidelman from office was inappropriate and ineffective. Senators Galvin Kennedy and James Mertes had some legitimate concerns about Scheidelman's leadership capabilities,...

People are still talking in terms of race or ethnic groups! It's the 90's, and by now if we think less in terms of the interest of our group we could go on into solving the real problems of this earth. Hunger and the destruction of the earth are our pressing...

Steffi Graf, the runaway choice Monday as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for 1989, made a lot more money than the male winner, Joe Montana, without all the bruises. Graf captured the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open, plus 11 other...